Chapter 323: Heading South (Seeking Support for the New Book)
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The train roared along the Jinpu Railway all the way south, to a certain extent, the Jinpu Railway is the fastest railway to build in the Guannai, the Jinpu Railway with a total length of 1009 kilometers, only 4 years to complete, but this carrying the trunk railway that connects the north and south, when the whole line is opened to traffic, there is no such thing as the Luhan Railway as people imagine, the business is prosperous, so the Tianjin and Shanghai passenger and cargo ships have been opened for decades, a large number of northern coal is still transported south by Tianjin from the sea, plus close to the canal, Therefore, the freight of the northern section of the Jinpu Railway has been light for a long time, and only the southern section is busy.
But in spite of this, in the nearly two years since its opening, the Tianjin-Pudong Railway has still changed many cities along the line and changed people's lives, and it is precisely because of the existence of this railway that the northern trains can go directly to Pukou, which is opposite the Jiangning River, thus connecting the north and the south.
“…… In the form of the whole of China, although Jiangning belongs to the southeast, it can look at the Central Plains in the north, Minyue in the south, Mashu in the west, and Wuyue in the east......"
In Tang Haoran's mouth, Nanjing seems to have become a very good place to build a capital, since the possibility of Beijing as the capital was ruled out, in this still in the formation of the imperial court, there is a lot of debate about the location of the Beijing division, many officials tend to Dalian, in their opinion that the city is now the most modern city in China, can show the characteristics of the new dynasty. As for the old city of Kannai, there is no doubt that to some extent it cannot be seen by these relatively Westernized officials.
What's more, for them, they have become accustomed to the good street environment of Dalian, and they are accustomed to the almost park-like city. In short, after confirming that they would not move the capital to Beijing, their minds immediately moved, and some officials even began to create a big trend of public opinion.
But for the location of the Beijing Division, Tang Haoran has his own plans, he chose Jiangning, no, Nanjing, and the reason for choosing Nanjing is precisely because of its important geographical location.
The reason why he did not choose Beijing in the first place was not only because of the influence of the Manchu people for more than 200 years, but also because the lessons of later generations told him that it was not suitable as the future capital of the empire, and the severity of the fresh water had already determined the fate of the city. In contrast, Nanjing is the best choice in terms of geographical location and natural resources.
"And relying on the convenient transportation of rivers and lakes, Nanjing can be connected with the provinces along the Yangtze River......"
In a word, for Tang Haoran, he chose Nanjing, if there is any benefit to being an emperor, it is arbitrary, although after ascending the throne, he once told the outside world that he would formulate a constitution, and would send important government officials to Europe to study and inspect the constitutions of various countries. The main points of the examination include: the origin, evolution and implementation of the constitution of the European constitutional monarchy, the privileged status and rights of the royal family, the establishment of the royal family and its property, the organic law of the cabinet and the powers of the legislative, executive, judicial and diplomatic functional departments, the law on the responsibility of the cabinet, the relationship between the cabinet ministers and the upper and lower houses, the composition, authority and mutual relationship between the upper and lower houses, and the institutional privileges of the house of nobles.
But before the constitution was formulated, at the time of the old and the new, the various systems were not very perfect, so everything would be subject to the old political system of China and the political system of the Northeast, and Tang Haoran naturally became the emperor of his word. At the same time that the imperial court of the Chinese Empire set up various bureaucratic institutions based on the experience of governance in the northeast, the traditional imperial system also found a point of reconciliation in the new dynasty.
And that kind of one-word nine-liner brought Tang Haoran the power to act arbitrarily, and under the influence of traditional ideological concepts, whether it was the officials of the Northeast Department, or the officials of Beiyang, Liangjiang, Shaanxi and Gansu who were included in the new government, they all habitually chose to obey, after all, even in the traditional education received by the officials in the Northeast, they were troubled to believe in a point of view - the monarch's order cannot be violated.
It is precisely because of this that although many officials have complained about "Jinling has not been established for a hundred years", on the other hand, they have chosen to comply after the opposition is invalid, and if they calm down, they can also understand the emperor's painstaking efforts, the future capital cannot be located in the northeast, and the Guannai is still the foundation of China, and Nanjing is undoubtedly the best choice after abandoning Beijing.
"Well, the importance of building the capital of Nanjing, I ...... I won't explain it anymore, so let's let Sun Yuchun introduce the future capital city plan......"
Although he has been the emperor for fifteen days, for Tang Haoran, everything is still adapting, just like adapting to the word "I" and adapting to the power of life and death in me.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
After bowing to the deep bow, Sun Yuchun, the most prestigious architect in the Northeast, began to show his designs to the public. When he lifted the white cloth on the table, a model of a city was displayed in front of people's eyes, and the winding city wall clearly reminded everyone that the city is Nanjing, but it is obviously different from the old Nanjing, the streets are far more spacious than in the past, although it cannot be compared with Dalian, but it is far from the old city can be compared, and more importantly, in the city, the modern Chinese buildings are extremely eye-catching.
In the past ten years, hundreds of modern buildings with oriental architectural styles have been designed in Northeast China, which constitute the modern buildings with traditional Chinese roofs built of reinforced concrete that are now popular in Northeast China, which is a kind of "Huayang eclectic" architectural style. After ten years of development, this kind of modern Chinese architecture has already developed and matured from the original "big roof". Now, when planning and designing the future capital, he almost naturally chose this kind of "modern Chinese architecture" with a palace style as the landmark of the imperial capital.
"According to His Majesty's will, my colleagues in the Xiahe Architectural Office first carried out a basic preliminary plan for Nanjing, according to which Nanjing was divided into three areas, of which the Xiaguan area will be the future commercial center of the city, relying on convenient water and rail transportation, it will become the most important commercial center of the capital......"
People are no strangers to the commercial center, and at this time, although the potential of Xiaguan as a commercial area has been faintly shown under the drive of the wharf, it is still far from the real commercial center, and the rice fields from Xiaguan to the outer city provide enough cheap land for the development of the commercial district.
“…… At present, the Liangjiang Governor's Office has frozen all land and real estate transactions in Jiangning Prefecture, and the next biggest task is the content of land acquisition, leveling, and land management. According to the preliminary plan, the National Capital Construction Committee will first acquire 62.8 square kilometers of land in the Shimonoseki area, and after the land acquisition, the infrastructure of water and sewerage, electricity, and gas will be configured in accordance with land leveling regulations...... In terms of land management, we will draw on the experience of the new towns in Northeast China to formulate the relevant regulations on the sale and lease of land and buildings in the national capital, which have made detailed and strict provisions on the construction cycle, transfer principles, land use, area size, and bidding methods. It will be sold in areas close to the wharf and train station, and then gradually expand to the city......"
For the management of land, Northeast China has already had its own set of mature land management model, and in the construction of Dalian, Binjiang, Changchun, Shenyang and other places, it has been continuously improved, and the skilled use of real estate business is no exception in the construction of the national capital.
"It is initially estimated that the acquisition of land will cost about 35 million yuan, and through the sale of land in the first phase of the five-year plan, the income will be about 20 million yuan, the funds will be fully used for the construction of streets, squares, water and parks in the Xiaguan New District, and after the completion of the five-year plan, it is expected that the land price in the Xiaguan area with a good environment will rise by 15 to 35 times, when in addition to the sale of the land in the second five-year planning area, the most onerous task will also be launched, and it is also the most costly "street correction" plan, That is, the renovation of the old city of Nanjing, it is expected that 500 million yuan will be invested to renovate the old city inside and outside Nanjing......"
In Sun Yuchun's explanation, Li Jingshu, the newly promoted Duke of Luyang, looked curiously at a blank area in the city model, and his understanding of Nanjing made him recognize that it was Nanjing's Mancheng, the so-called Mancheng, that is, after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, in addition to stationing half of the Eight Banners in the area of Beijing and, at the same time, about half of the Eight Banners were stationed in major strategic cities and water and land points across the country, and in order to prevent the Eight Banners from being assimilated by the Han people, strengthen the strength of the Eight Banners garrison to suppress the Han people, The Manchu Qing Dynasty built Manchu cities in various garrison cities for the soldiers of the Eight Banners and their families to live in, and the so-called construction was to drive out the original inhabitants in the city.
And Nanjing's full city is built on the basis of the Ming Imperial City in Nanjing, since it is the national capital, then why not mention the palace and the yamen? What's more, now the Ming Palace City has been completely destroyed in the war as early as the bandit rebellion, if it is built in the city, then why is this area blank.
Of course, despite all kinds of doubts in his heart, Li Jingshu did not bring it up, as the first class duke of the new dynasty, in fact, it is also one of the only six princes of the Chinese Dynasty, although he is the duke of Luyang, but he knows better than anyone that the "minister" like him is the most feared by the new dynasty, the so-called "six dukes" are actually the six governors of the past, if Zhang Zhidong agrees to be attached, then this class of dukes will be increased to seven, as for Fujian and Zhejiang, I am afraid that it is not considered by His Majesty, and this so-called" What is behind the "first-class national prince"? It is reassurance, but it is also prevention.
Although he knew that Tang Haoran's strength was far from being comparable to that of the Ming Jun in many history books, Li Jingshu, who was familiar with history books, knew very well that there was no warmth in front of the imperial power, so he could only bury his doubts in the bottom of his heart and should be as cautious as in the past.
At this moment, Li Guangguang on the side asked a question on the side.
"So, where is the future imperial city? Where is the Royal Palace? After all, this is the national capital! ”
Although Li Guanggui is now the Minister of the Interior, he has not been awarded the title, but he knows very well that everything is only a matter of time, and the Chinese Dynasty is different from any other dynasty, and will only be rewarded for meritorious deeds after the end of the war against Russia.
"Of course,"
Nodding, Sun Yuchun glanced at His Majesty, and after nodding his head, he continued,
"The future imperial city, naturally still located in the original site, the location of the imperial palace is based on the former site of the Ming Imperial Palace, and the former site of the five military governors on both sides of the imperial road and the former site of the five ministries will be used as the new government office, but in the construction of the new imperial city, it is still necessary to listen to the opinions of the ministers, for example, whether the old city wall of Xi'anmen in the inner city will be demolished......
When Sun Yuchun said some questions about the imperial city, Tang Haoran's eyes turned to the outside of the car from time to time, at this time the fields outside the carriage have disappeared from the wheat in the north, but all over the paddy fields, at this time the train has already passed through Bengbu, into the south of the Huai River, this is the first time he came to this area in this era for more than ten years, even when he left Wuchang, it was just a voyage along the river to Shanghai,
In the future, Nanjing will be the capital of the empire, but what about this area? In the next few decades, the three provinces of Jiangsu, Anhui and Zhejiang will form an "imperial capital metropolitan area", and a series of metropolises will appear in this land, and the population here will be concentrated again, and even more than half of the country's population will be concentrated here, and at that time, what will become of this place?
For the future, Tang Haoran didn't have much clear awareness at this time, and even planned, because he knew better than anyone that the future had actually changed, and in the empire he had created, the only thing he could do now was to carefully steer the steering wheel of this empire so that it would not deviate, and as for the rest, he was afraid that he could not do anything else.
"Let's hope everything goes well!"
Silently, Tang Haoran secretly prayed in his heart, for his empire, of course, for the sake of this country, what kind of storms and waves this country will experience in the future is not something he can control, but he knows very well what direction this country should develop. It is also clear what kind of problems need to be solved now.
Like now, what is the most important question?
It was not the war in the north, because Tsar Mikhail II, who fled to Finland, had already sent a signal to Britain through his ambassador to Britain that he hoped for peace talks, and now for Russia, the restoration of internal order and the suppression of the revolution have become the first priority over the external war, but what about China?
To a certain extent, internal affairs also surpass external wars, so to speak, now that both empires have been entangled in internal affairs, the question now is who can be the first to pull out and free their hands...... (To be continued.) )